18 Apr, 2023 Will changes to the 1973 Matrimonial Causes Act follow the changes in divorce? By Gemma Preston On 6 April 2022, the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 reformed the divorce process to remove the concept of fault as it was...
09 Dec, 2021 Social care - the need for effective dispute resolution By Emma Watt The recently published social care white paper People at the Heart of Care, sets out a supposedly ambitious 10-year vision for how the...
22 Feb, 2021 A new tool kit for social housing providers preparing for the Building Safety Bill By Kieran Binnie Social Housing providers will be understandably concerned as to how to prepare for the Building Safety Bill becoming law. To support...
25 Nov, 2020 Fire Safety changes to the Building Regulations take effect on 26 November 2020 By Kieran Binnie On 26 November 2020 further changes to Building Regulations Approved Document B (Fire Safety) will take effect. Announced earlier this...
24 Nov, 2020 The "golden thread of information" and existing high-risk residential buildings By Kieran Binnie A key element of the forthcoming Building Safety Bill is the requirement to collate and maintain the "golden thread of information" for...
23 Nov, 2020 Social Housing White Paper: what does it mean for construction and maintenance? By Kieran Binnie Delayed since Spring 2020 as the Government tackled the Covid-19 crisis, Tuesday 17 November saw the publication of the Social Housing...
12 Nov, 2020 New guidance on constructing High Risk Residential Buildings forthcoming By Kieran Binnie Social housing providers will be aware that the draft Building Safety Bill (published in July 2020) creates a new duty holder regime with...
09 Nov, 2020 Kingspan raises further fire safety concerns By Kieran Binnie The Grenfell Tower tragedy raised concerns about a profound quality issue across the construction industry, both in terms of quality of...